Hanger for shafting



(No Model.)

F. GADWALLADBR.

HANGER FOR SHAPTING, PI'PBS, 50. No. 325,051. Patented Aug. 25, 1885.

wsTN'EssEs UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK CADVALLADEB, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENXSYLVANIA.

HANGER FOR SHAFTING, PIPES, 86C.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 325,051, dated August25, 1885.

Application filed May Q1, 1985. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, t may concern:

Beit known that I, FRANK CADWALLADER, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city and county ofV Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania,have inventedv a new and useful Improvementin Hangers for Shafting,Pipes, 'ic., which improvement is fully set forth in the following`specification and ac companying drawings, in which- Figure 1 representsa side elevation of a hanger embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents apartial side elevation and a partial vertical section thereof. Fig. 3represents a horizontal section in lire x ir, Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

My invention consists of a hanger which admits the ready application andremoval of a shaft, pipe, &c., to and from the same, as will behereinafter set forth.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a hanger rod or bar, which issecured to a beam, ceiling,or other suitable pla-ce of service, and hasformed with or secured to its lower end a head, B.

C represents a yoke, which is formed of parts or sections C' Cz ofdifferent lengths, pivoted together` and has at its upper end a collar,D, which is also formed of sections D D2, which are respectivelyattached to the sections C' C2, the section D being adapted to enter thesection DZ, preserving the continuity of the yoke.

E represents a sleeve, which is iitted over the collar and serves tobind the sections thereof, preventing` separation oi' the sections ot'the yoke.

The section C of the yoke is opened or separated, and the section of thecollar fitted to the lower end of the rod. Tile shailing, pipe, &c., maynow be located on the lower part ot' the section C2 ofthe yoke, afterwhich the section C' is closed and the sleeve E lowered, thus couplingthe sections of the yoke and retaining the yoke on the head B, andpreventing opening of the same, as well as disconnection of the yokefrom the rod or bar A, the shafting, pipe, &c., thus being reliablysustained.

By raising the sleeve E the section C may be opened and the shafting,&c., removed from the section C2 through the space occasioned by theopen section without displacing the yoke from the rod or bar A.

The inner face of the section D' of the col lar is adapted to abutprimarily against the head B, so that the sleeve E will draw saidsection tightly over said head, and thus iirml y clamp the collar to therod or bar A.

The yoke may be readily removed from the rod or bar A by raising thesleeve E and opening the section C of said yoke, thus leaving the othersection, C2, free to be disconnected from said rod or bar.

The head B has a squared portion, B', whereby it may be screwed to therod or bar A, which, as is evident, may be tubular. The side of saidhead is convex and supports the shoulder` D of the yoke, the interiorot' the yoke acting as a socket to receive the head B and lower portionsot' the hanger. The top opening ofthe collar D is flaring, the widestend being above, thus providing the hangers and yoke with aball-and-socket ljoint, which permits the yoke to roll on the head foradjustments or positions requiring` the saine.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The sectional yoke C, having sectional collar D, the latter composedof the parts D' D2, respectively connected with the sections of the saidyoke, in combination with the hanger A, having a head, B, and the loosesleeve, E, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The hanger A, having the head B, with a convex side, in combinationwith the yoke (l, havinga collar, D, and sleeve E mounted on said bar,the said yoke C having a shoulder, D, andthe collar D having a flaring'opening, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

A sectional yoke provided with a sectional collar and a coupling-sleeve,in combination with a hanger rod or bar having a head, to which the yokeis clamped and by which it is sustained, substantially as described.

el. A yoke supported on a hanger by means of a ball-andsocket joint,formed by a convex head, B, on the hanger, a shoulder, D3, of the yoke,and a collar, D, having a flaring opening, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

FRANK CADVALL ADER.

litnessesz EDWIN LOUDERBACK, Wn. P. Hoorns.

